To the 125th anniversary of the first defense in Russia by a woman of a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Medicine

Speaking about the lesser preparation of women for mental work, we do not want to express by this a hint of their inability for this work. On the contrary, we may be more than anyone else, would like to see it, would like full scope for female development and are sure that under the changed circumstances, the female mind will eventually become as receptive and productive as the male brain. If now more was opened up for a woman, or even any kind of application of mental forces in civil life, for example, if she could be a doctor, teacher, etc., then it goes without saying that along with the request, and these forces. V. M. Florinsky (1866)